Brown County Sheriff's Department Non-Supervisory Labor Ass'n v. Brown County

¶ 1. Brown County Sheriff s Department Non-Supervisory Labor Association appeals a summary judgment in favor of Brown County and Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken. The Association contends the court erroneously concluded Kocken could contract with a private entity for the transportation of prisoners, rather than utilizing deputies employed by the sheriffs department. We affirm the judgment.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2. In December 2006, Sheriff Kocken contracted with Wisconsin Lock & Load Prisoner Transports, LLC, for the intrastate transport of mental health patients, juveniles, and prisoners for which…